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Voting-affinity data
for the 2020-2024 Terms
(September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2024)

Huddle
Huddle
Young
Young

In 2020-2024, they participated together in 186 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 156/186 83.9%
Different opinions, same judgment 17/186 9.1%
Agreed on judgment 173/186 93.0%
Disagreed on judgment 13/186 7.0%

And 61 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 31/61 50.8%
Different opinions, same judgment 17/61 27.9%
Agreed on judgment 48/61 78.7%
Disagreed on judgment 13/61 21.3%
 

Within those 61 cases that had some split opinions:

31 cases:
Joined the same opinions

IN THE INTEREST OF J.S., A CHILD, No. 22-0420
HuddleYoungMajority
IN RE BEVERLY KOTSANIS, No. 23-0319
HuddleYoungOther
THE LILITH FUND FOR REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY v. MARK LEE DICKSON AND RIGHT TO LIFE EAST TEXAS, No. 21-0978
HuddleYoungMajority
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN PRESIDENT JAY HARTZELL, ET AL. v. S.O., No. 20-0811
HuddleYoungMajority
IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF JAMES E. FAIRLEY, No. 20-0328
HuddleYoungMajority
SIBEL ONASIS FERRER v. MADALENA ELIZABETH ALMANZA, ISABELLA P. ALMANZA, AND ALBERT BOONE ALMANZA, No. 21-0513
HuddleYoungMajority
IN RE CHRISTIANSON AIR CONDITIONING & PLUMBING, LLC AND CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS, LP, No. 20-0384
HuddleYoungMajority
POLK COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY AND VALERIE REDDELL v. TOMMY LAMAR COLEMAN, No. 22-0103
HuddleYoungMajority
FINLEY RESOURCES, INC., FINLEY PRODUCTION CO., L.P. AND PETRO CANYON ENERGY, LLC v. HEADINGTON ROYALTY, INC. AND HEADINGTON ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC, No. 21-0509
HuddleYoungMajority
PATRICK VON DOHLEN, BRIAN GRECO, KEVIN JASON KHATTAR, MICHAEL KNUFFKE, AND DANIEL PETRI v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, No. 20-0725
HuddleYoungMajority
IN RE G.S., No. 21-0127
HuddleYoungMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES v. N.J., No. 20-0940
HuddleYoungMajority
EX PARTE K.T. v. K.T., No. 20-0977
HuddleYoungMajority
PEDIATRICS COOL CARE, ET AL. v. GINGER THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF A.W.(DECEASED), AND BRAD WASHINGTON, No. 21-0238
HuddleYoungMajority
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS v. ABDUL PRIDGEN AND VANCE KEYES, No. 20-0700
HuddleYoungMajority
S.C. v. M.B., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF I.C., No. 20-0552
HuddleYoungMajority
DOROTHY HAMPTON v. LEONARD THOME, No. 22-0435
HuddleYoungMajority
DAVID A. SKEELS v. JONATHAN T. SUDER; MICHAEL T. COOKE; AND FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE, P.C., No. 21-1014
HuddleYoungMajority
MCLANE CHAMPIONS, LLC AND R. DRAYTON MCLANE, JR. v. HOUSTON BASEBALL PARTNERS LLC, No. 21-0641
HuddleYoungMajority
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM v. THE FRANKLIN CENTER FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC INTEGRITY AND JON CASSIDY, No. 21-0534
HuddleYoungMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF R.R.A., H.G.A., H.B.A., CHILDREN, No. 22-0978
HuddleYoungMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL. v. HARRIS COUNTY, ET AL., No. 22-0124
HuddleYoungMajority
TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION v. ESTATE OF CLYDE L. BURT, LINDA S. WALLACE, EXECUTOR, AND LINDA S. WALLACE, No. 22-0437
HuddleYoungMajority
HARLEY CHANNELVIEW PROPERTIES, LLC v. HARLEY MARINE GULF, LLC, No. 23-0078
HuddleYoungMajority
STATE OF TEXAS; KEN PAXTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS; TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD; AND STEPHEN BRINT CARLTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD v. AMANDA ZURAWSKI; LAUREN MILLER; LAUREN HALL; ANNA ZARGARIAN; ASHLEY BRANDT; KYLIE BEATON; JESSICA BERNARDO; SAMANTHA CASIANO; AUSTIN DENNARD, D.O.; TAYLOR EDWARDS; KIERSTEN HOGAN; LAUREN VAN VLEET; ELIZABETH WELLER; DAMLA KARSAN, M.D., ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND HER PATIENTS; AND JUDY LEVISON, M.D., M.P.H., ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND HER PATIENTS, No. 23-0629
HuddleYoungMajority
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. v. SARAH MILBURN, No. 21-1097
HuddleYoungMajority
MARY ALICE KEYES AND SEAN LEO NADEAU v. DAVID WELLER AND INTEGRITECH ADVISORS, LLC, No. 22-1085
HuddleYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
ROGER BORGELT, MARK PULLIAM, JAY WILEY, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS v. AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, IAFF LOCAL 975; CITY OF AUSTIN; AND MARC A. OTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, No. 22-1149
HuddleYoungMajority
TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS LANDFILL, INC. v. TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BY AND THROUGH MARYA CRIGLER, ACTING IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHIEF APPRAISER OF TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, No. 22-0620
HuddleYoungMajority
ROBERT W. VAN BOVEN M.D., D.D.S. v. SCOTT FRESHOUR, MARGARET MCNEESE, CHRIS PALAZOLA, AMY SWANHOLM, TIMOTHY WEBB, AND SHERIF ZAAFRAN, M.D., IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS OFFICERS OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD, No. 20-0117
HuddleYoungMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JOHN SCOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS; THE STATE OF TEXAS v. MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; ROLAND GUTIERREZ; SARAH ECKHARDT; RUBEN CORTEZ, JR.; TEJANO DEMOCRATS, No. 22-0008
HuddleYoungMajority

17 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

HOUSTON AREA SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. AND PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION v. GUILLERMO M. MENDEZ, No. 21-0496
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. BERTHA ARCE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, No. 21-0843
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION v. BRYCE J. WALLACE, ELITE DRILLERS CORPORATION, AND UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY AND ITS PARENT, UNITED FIRE GROUP, INC., No. 20-0451
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleSpeckMajority
ELEPHANT INSURANCE COMPANY, LLC v. LORRAINE KENYON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE KENYON, No. 20-0366
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
CITY OF BAYTOWN v. ALAN SCHROCK, No. 20-0309
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.W., A CHILD, No. 19-1069
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
IN THE MATTER OF TROY S. POE TRUST, No. 20-0179
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS v. JIMMY CHANGAS, INC., No. 21-0307
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES; JOHN HELLERSTEDT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DSHS v. CROWN DISTRIBUTING LLC; AMERICA JUICE CO., LLC; CUSTOM BOTANICAL DISPENSARY, LLC; 1937 APOTHECARY, LLC, No. 21-1045
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
COLLIN CREEK ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, INC. D/B/A/ DAYSPRING ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY v. CHRISTINE FABER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AT LAW OF CARMELINA “MILLIE” SMITH, DECEASED, No. 21-0470
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - EL PASO v. DR. LINDSEY NIEHAY, No. 22-0179
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
EVE LYNN BAKER v. TERRY LEE BIZZLE, No. 22-0242
SpeckYoungConcurrence
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
DIANNE HENSLEY v. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT ET AL., No. 22-1145
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
STATE OF TEXAS; OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD; TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION; AND KEN PAXTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. LAZARO LOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF LUNA LOE, A MINOR; MARY MOE AND MATTHEW MOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF MAEVE MOE, A MINOR; NORA NOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF NATHAN NOE, A MINOR; SARAH SOE AND STEVEN SOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF SAMANTHA SOE, A MINOR; GINA GOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF GRAYSON GOE, A MINOR; PFLAG, INC.; RICHARD OGDEN ROBERTS III, M.D.; DAVID L. PAUL, M.D.; PATRICK W. O’MALLEY, M.D.; AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN, No. 23-0697
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
STEVE HUYNH, INDIVIDUALLY; YVONNE HUYNH, INDIVIDUALLY; HUYNH POULTRY FARM, LLC D/B/A STEVE THI HUYNH POULTRY FARM D/B/A HUYNH POULTRY FARM; T & N POULTRY FARM, LLC; THINH BAO NGUYEN, INDIVIDUALLY; TIMMY HUYNH POULTRY FARM; TIMMY HUYNH, INDIVIDUALLY; AND SANDERSON FARMS, INC. v. FRANK BLANCHARD, ANGELIA SNOW, TANYA BERRY, KIMBERLY RILEY, JOHN MILLER, AMY MILLER, CHAD MARTINEZ, EMILY MARTINEZ, MERSINI BLANCHARD, MALAKOFF PROPERTIES, LLC, AND RONNY SNOW, No. 21-0676
HuddleYoungConcurrence
SpeckYoungMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND CASSIE BROWN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE v. STONEWATER ROOFING, LTD. CO., No. 22-0427
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
FOSSIL GROUP, INC. v. NICOLE HARRIS, No. 23-0376
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority

13 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment

IN RE MARIA TERESA RAMIREZ MORRIS, AND TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE, INC., No. 23-0111
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckMajority
JAMES CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC AND PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION v. WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION, No. 20-0079
HuddleSpeckDissent
HuddleYoungMajority
THOMAS BRANDON PERTHUIS v. BAYLOR MIRACA GENETICS LABORATORIES, LLC, No. 21-0036
HuddleSpeckDissent
SpeckYoungMajority
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALISTS, LLC v. BLANCHARD REFINING COMPANY LLC AND MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP, No. 20-0174
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckPlurality
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, No. 21-0080
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckMajority
JAMES FREDRICK MILES v. TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. AND INTEGRATED TEXAS LOGISTICS, INC., No. 20-0393
HuddleSpeckDissent
SpeckYoungConcurrence
SpeckYoungConcurrence
SpeckYoungMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF A.A., G.A., AND K.A., CHILDREN, No. 21-0998
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckMajority
MOSAIC BAYBROOK ONE, L.P. AND MOSAIC BAYBROOK TWO, L.P. v. PAUL SIMIEN, No. 19-0612
HuddleSpeckDissent
SpeckYoungMajority
AMMONITE OIL & GAS CORPORATION v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS AND EOG RESOURCES, INC., No. 21-1035
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckMajority
ANGELA HORTON AND KEVIN HOUSER v. THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, No. 21-0769
SpeckYoungDissent
SpeckYoungConcurrence
HuddleYoungMajority
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS v. PUREZA "DIDIT" MARTINEZ, No. 22-0843
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckMajority
BEXAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT v. YVONDIA JOHNSON, No. 22-0485
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckMajority
RICHARD J. MALOUF, D.D.S. v. THE STATE OF TEXAS EX RELS. CHRISTINE ELLIS, D.D.S. AND MADELAYNE CASTILLO, No. 22-1046
SpeckYoungDissent
HuddleSpeckMajority